You Like Us? You Really Like Us?

Every month or so, I check the site’s stats to make sure people are still visiting. I nearly spat the Stone Ruination all over my keyboard when I noticed that the month of September broke all the stat records and posted well over 100,000 visitors to the site, 40,000 + of which were first time visitors. Jesus. Surly & I are die-hard, obsessed, borderline insane L.A. Kings’ fans and I always figured we appealed and related to that crowd pretty well – kindred blood is thicker than any other. Who knew there were so many of us out there. Thank you, from Surly & I to all of you who visit, read and comment. This is your place as much as it is ours.

Very shortly, we are also tweaking the look of the site. Nothing dramatic. It’s a small upgrade but it will make the site, fonts and general layout more aesthetically pleasing. Surly & I don’t like clutter. Simple and clean is always best. Think jeans, L.A. Kings’ shirt, sneakers & a cap. That’s how we roll. We recently found a new look we both dig that is a step above what we have. If you visit the site and notice a little construction here and there, pardon the dust. It’s just us knocking down some walls.

Good thing you didn’t actually spit up that Ruination. Wasting any amount of Nectar-from-the-God’s is an unforgivable sin and you would have lost three daily visits from this viewer (four when I’ve had Thai food).

We are working with a very talented dude to built an App. That is coming soon. Technically, we don’t have an App for the iphone and blackberry yet. That is a work in progress. We have shown iphone users however how to add us to their home page so we are one click away.

I stumbled upon this site last month and have been checking it every day since. I was stuck reading Rich Hammond every day hitting refresh over and over again thinking it was the only place I could read anything about the Kings. Thank God I found you guys! Seeing as I’m trapped up here in Sharks hell surrounded by Thornton jersey wearing morons, this gives me a taste of what it would be like if I lived amongst quality human beings like yourselves. Needless to say the playoffs last year were my nightmare. I hid in my house with my wife and kids for almost a week. Anyways, keep the good stuff coming, we appreciate your hard work, especially the transplanted fans like myself.

Assuming you still aren’t done, but I vote for shrink the title font down a size or two, or make it slightly less bold. And either get rid of that stupid page icon or replace it with a little puck or Kings logo icon. Otherwise, looking good.

1. That font is mandated in our work emails. It would be a shame to have S&S remind me of work.
2. It makes mobile reading painful.
3. It’s pretentious. And that defeats the purpose of this site. The whole point here is that we are the straight-dealing, real hockey-watching, nacho eating, beer drinking, duck-hunting, live/eat/breathe Kings fans. Please don’t turn our sacred Purple&Gold/Silver&Black/Black&White outlet into an emblem of the “it’s sooooo L.A.” that the rest of the NHL already gives us crap for. There are other Kings blogs like that which I can already avoid.

While we’re at it, can we get rid of that fucking “I Love L.A.” song – it cries out: “We’re bitches”, “We suck”, “Ride us”, “Bend us over at will”, “Please let us win some regular-season games”, and “we belong in division with Van, SJ and Ana – not with Buff., NJ, Bos., Chi., Phi. etc.” Should actually be played at Ducks games – the kid’s movie team. And, I imagine, basketball games.

No, I’m talking about what you think I’m talking about. I haven’t troubled myself with the Briggs, as I have been able to ignore them. As for your man, I hardly care what it is he rules or from what throne – I am simply asking for a courtesy flush.

Fair enough. Like “Ode to L.A.” much better. Ronnie Spector (by herself, and via infamous association) puts this over as iconic. And not so smug/complacent as the other – after all, we are not prosperous, shiny, funkless bourgie-paradise VAN, or “I got mine now generate my electricity somewhere else” Malibu, but rather something quite a bit nastier.

Bear in mind, I think of El Coyote as iconic, and not just for bad food (not so bad when eaten as intended – trashed), but as the site of Sharon Tate’s Last Meal. That’s iconic!

Our song should celebrate what’s wrong with us – without that, we wouldn’t even recognize ourselves in the mirror. I know, the line about the “bum over there” tries, but its like watching “Down and Out in Beverly Hills”, which is the perky mood of the whole thing. And Chicago “too rough” – true – for movie types.

Nothing wrong with Hammonds blog. I know some of you have a problem with his format, but I equally surf many sites, and love anything Kings I can get my hands on. This site has brought me hours of fun, but so has Hammonds blog, and I’m thankful that I can have it both ways, whenever I want.

I started coming to this site about a year ago (after my friends and I dined with Bobby on the Kings cruise) and I’ve been hooked ever since. Your straightforward, no bullshit, unapologetic passion is contagious. You’re my first stop for all things Kings and I adore you guys. Keep up the good work!!